Socialist Reading Series I: The State and Revolution [Part 4]
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Strap yourselves in, cause this is a long one! Chapter IV: Continuation. Supplementary Explanations by Engels As the title states, this chapter is about the elucidation of Marx's thoughts by Engels. The Housing Question Summary Engels' suggestion of how people are to be housed after the revolution is fairly straightforward. First, he stresses that there is no real "shortage" of housing and that there is, in fact, plenty of housing available for anyone who needs it if only the space is used rationally. That is, if some people didn't own more housing than they needed and if that housing was made available to those who need it there would be no housing problem. The means by which this rational allocation is to take place are the same as before the revolution: expropriation and billeting. In other words, just as the state can now expropriate private property from certain owners and use it to quarter people (soldiers) therein, so the proletarian state, too, will expropriate living space from owners and billet the homeless and the workers who need a place to live. This cannot be done by the existing state, but must be taken upon by the entire working people.
Socialist Reading Series I: The State and Revolution [Part 4]
Socialist Reading Series I: The State and…
Socialist Reading Series I: The State and Revolution [Part 4]
Strap yourselves in, cause this is a long one! Chapter IV: Continuation. Supplementary Explanations by Engels As the title states, this chapter is about the elucidation of Marx's thoughts by Engels. The Housing Question Summary Engels' suggestion of how people are to be housed after the revolution is fairly straightforward. First, he stresses that there is no real "shortage" of housing and that there is, in fact, plenty of housing available for anyone who needs it if only the space is used rationally. That is, if some people didn't own more housing than they needed and if that housing was made available to those who need it there would be no housing problem. The means by which this rational allocation is to take place are the same as before the revolution: expropriation and billeting. In other words, just as the state can now expropriate private property from certain owners and use it to quarter people (soldiers) therein, so the proletarian state, too, will expropriate living space from owners and billet the homeless and the workers who need a place to live. This cannot be done by the existing state, but must be taken upon by the entire working people.